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AR'S

5. P

ke since I came to sit here a

the coins into my purse irritably as I slump into m

Ah God!. Somebo

cedis? What will five CEDIs do for me? And t

Scratc

is vicinity are as st

e to sell because I knew most of the

ow they looked so they would do a

thy fruits come

ney buying pills and undergo plastic surgery that'll give them the

u! Are you f*

es, making me lif

ere to sel

her to hide. I bite my lip hard, praying to the heavens my tongue

rth three cedis an

n cont

much

politely

n glar

idn't know you were deaf too. Why woul

give me

rength. I p

up this pineapple and b

king

sir. How much worth of

" He points to the

e ced

e two o

t purposely for such people else I'm pretty sure this man here would have no pro

ike me to pe

abbing m

N

just asked for permissio

isinfected that knife.

my lip

murdered this rude, potbellied, rich ass man, b

money from his meat tha

ts and he hands me the mo

co

ing

couldn't even have the de

exactly t

him to give me some t

ld potbe

egin to pack up. I need to get home

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apartment, I hear the familiar honking

um

stomp their way

e of joy, all my worries from ear

man. Did you

.. Y

s exci

and proceed to take his school bag

ave him s

for washing until Tuesd

ear it again on Monday a

le man are

ady know what his a

the fridge, take out the leftover

up and add a

ething before my son gets home but I guess luck isn't really on my

ill go prepare you some

and proceeds to eat turning his attention to the TV t

he kitchen, wondering what to prepare fo

o? It's just

, and no extended famil

y and it's not enough to put

r spaghetti and I'm not ready to subject m

t turn out to be whiny and

th whatever I gave him a

en suddenly remembering we still have s

ggs but then I change my mind because making jo

sig

to settle for ri

d manage the st

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sleep, I lean back against the headboard think

you must b

-old lady taking care of a thr

nly 24 and

han too mi

something to wr

a

go just because I'm a single mother. B

I love my s

problem is I do not

and day wondering if

what he

he knows he g

is child is al

he's searchin

a prostitute if that's

ither o

a bitter pi

me awake every night wonde

four months when I went for a check-up because I was getting too

en the doctor had pronounc

was playing some stupid Apr

n, I could never accept that fact, whi

bbergasted is an

bone. I was in shoc

be exaggerating but wa

em is, I'

an never ever ever in my l

with a man before. And

nt while I w

irl with her hy

ild yet I had no id

Virgin and yet..

t's not

o

ler and a virgin mother, I'm

the most notorious gang leader you could ever come